New CBC Service Should Be Music To Canadians’ Ears by Don Tapscott
Columnist says the new CBC music service, which streams songs online, is a boon for Canadian musicians and music lovers and is not, as some claim, an infringement on the…
May 2012
Dalton McGuinty, GSAs and Catholic Schools – A rose by an ambiguous name
Over the past several days, Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, 2012 has been in committee hearings. This is the provincial government's anti-bullying legislation, meant to provide support groups in…
Dalton McGuinty, GSAs and Catholic Schools – A rose by an ambiguous name
Over the past several days, Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, 2012 has been in committee hearings. This is the provincial government’s anti-bullying legislation, meant to provide support groups in…
Dalton McGuinty, GSAs and Catholic Schools – A rose by an ambiguous name
Over the past several days, Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, 2012 has been in committee hearings. This is the provincial government's anti-bullying legislation, meant to provide support groups in…
Dalton McGuinty, GSAs and Catholic Schools – A rose by an ambiguous name
Over the past several days, Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, 2012 has been in committee hearings. This is the provincial government’s anti-bullying legislation, meant to provide support groups in…
Mulcair’s First Gaffe
When I argued Mulcair’s “dutch disease” gambit had intriguing electoral underpinnings, I classified it as shrewd only if played properly. Reading Mulcair’s latest unnecessary commentary, it appears we have seen…
Guy Lauzon: He Sees Dead People
From The Cornwall Free News: CFN – Cornwall Ontario resident Barrie Brown was shocked when his daughter brought him a condolence note from SD&SG MP Guy Lauzon on Barrie’s passing!…
Significant Digits: 2016 #nlpoli
Four years from now, Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation and Hydro-Quebec will automatically renew the 1969 power contract for another 25 years. Everyone knows that, surely. What you may not recall,…
Trashy in China, 4.0
Day one. Well, that wasn’t so bad, really… yeah, it’s about 22 hours in travel mode door to door, but the flights were uneventful and I had a half-decent sleep…
“Data” on Parliamentary Secrecy from Martin Years Includes Senate Committees, Bogus Committee
As promised, I am conducting a fact-checking inquiry into the recent news report alleging, contrary to routine media reports of growing secrecy under the Harper government, that actually Martin’s brief…
Local vs global
Over at collide-a-scape Keith has inadvertently stumbled upon an interesting observation from an article in the Guardian which states: The world’s cities have seen a 45% increase in population since…
Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel channels Henny Youngman: ‘Take my Opposition leader … Please!’
Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel and your blogger at a much warmer meeting than the one Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith had with His Honour yesterday. The guy with the cigarette…
New 3-ball logo
Now with more globe-y-goodness Isn’t it pretty? This new fancy 3-ball was created by Ali Lupu. Go check out his other work and while you are over at his place…
edmonton’s advantage: we owe danielle smith nothing.
After three years of slagging him in the media, Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith met Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel for the first time yesterday (The image is a dramatization of…
Not Bad Jobs; Just No Careers Either.
Very often, I find myself wondering just what goes through the mind of a Conservative Cabinet Minister before they open their mouths. Clearly, given Jim Flaherty’s latest gaffe, the thought…
Out of the mouths of babes!
A very enlightened young lady, indeed!
Who’s the REAL Manchurian Candidate?
Ezra Levant's recent description of Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as the "Manchurian Candidate" for his ("foreign-backed") oppositi...
Action on the Homefront: Introducing the Street Team Program
As part of OpenMedia.ca’s commitment to community engagement and ground-level participation in the fight for a more open, affordable Internet, we are pleased to introduce the OpenMedia.ca Street Team program.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Personable cats.